Colombian influencer María José Estupiñán has reportedly died after being shot. She was 22.
President of the Nationwide Gender Fee of the Colombian Judiciary, Magda Victoria Acosta, claimed Estupiñán was killed on Thursday, Might 15, per CNN. The outlet reported that Acosta claimed the suspect who appeared at Estupiñán’s residence was dressed as a supply man. He allegedly shot her in her residence when she opened the door.
“She was a younger, enterprising lady with a complete life forward of her, however these goals are lower quick just like the goals of many ladies on this nation,” Acosta mentioned, per the outlet.
Acosta claimed that Estupiñán was the sufferer of a home violence case and was about to obtain monetary compensation consequently, CNN reported. She reportedly attended college in Cúcuta close to the Venezuela border.
Acosta famous that the fee “very strongly” condemned crime. The incident is being investigated by authorities. Acosta didn’t point out whether or not Estupiñán’s demise was a suspected femicide, that means when a lady is presumed to be killed because of her gender.
Days earlier, information broke that 23-year-old influencer Valeria Márquez was shot lifeless throughout a livestream. Denis Rodríguez, a spokesperson for the Jalisco State Prosecutor’s Workplace, instructed AP Information that Márquez’s demise was nonetheless below investigation.
Rodríguez claimed {that a} man posing as a supply driver and one other man on a bike arrived at a Mexico salon and have been hoping to ship a present to Márquez in particular person. Márquez started worrying concerning the incident on the livestream.
“Perhaps they have been going to kill me,” Márquez mentioned within the video, per the outlet. “Have been they going to come back and take me away, or what? I’m frightened.”
The boys returned and requested for Márquez once more — which led prosecutors to imagine that they have been employed assassins, per Rodríguez.
“The aggressor arrived asking if the sufferer was there. So it seems he didn’t know her,” Rodríguez mentioned. “With that, you’ll be able to deduce — with out leaping to conclusions — that this was an individual who was paid. It was clearly somebody who got here with a objective.”
AP reported that Márquez was handed a stuffed animal and a bag of Starbucks espresso through the livestream, the place she was shot and collapsed. Following her demise, her TikTok gave the impression to be taken down, however a video of the incident circulated on-line and was confirmed by the prosecutor’s workplace.
Per the outlet, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned her administration is working with native investigators to find the murderer and prolonged her condolences to Márquez’s household. The prosecutor’s workplace beforehand instructed The New York Occasions that the incident was being investigated as a possible femicide.


